hilum
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
the hilus of the kidney
Types & categories
- fissure hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Related & opposite
- hilar derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hilar |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | anatomy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fissure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hilar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |